There are 0 low income housing apartment complexes which contain 0 affordable apartments for rent in New Albany. Many of these rental apartments are income based housing with 0 apartments that set rent based on your income. In New Albany, HUD housing programs support 0 rental assistance apartments through programs like Project-based Section 8. There are 0 other low income apartments that don't have rental assistance but are cheaper than market rate rents.

Population and Household Demographics

New Albany is a City in Wilson County, Kansas with a population of 32. There are 14 households in the city with an average household size of 2.29 persons. 7.14% of households in New Albany are renters.

Income and Rent Overburden in New Albany

The median gross income for households in New Albany is $0 a year, or $0 a month. The median rent for the city
is $0 a month.

Households who pay more than thirty percent of their gross income are considered to be Rent Overburdened. In New Albany, a household making less than $0 a month would be considered overburdened when renting an apartment at or above the median rent.
0% of households who rent are overburdened in New Albany.1

Area Median Income In New Albany

Affordable housing program eligibility is always determined by one's income. Each household's income is compared to the incomes of all other households in the area. This is accomplished through a statistic established by the government called the Area Median Income, most often referred to as AMI. The AMI is calculated and published each year by HUD.

HUD often uses an area larger than a city to determine the AMI because HUD anticipates those searching for housing will look beyond individual cities during their housing search. For New Albany, the AMI is calculated from all households within Wilson County.

In New Albany, HUD calculates the Area Median Income for a family of four as $57,800

Most affordable housing programs determine eligibility based on the percent of AMI a given household's income is. Among the programs that determine eligibility based on the AMI are Section 8, HOME, LIHTC, Section 515, 202 and 811.

Rental Assistance in New Albany

Rental assistance is a type of housing subsidy that pays for a portion of a renter’s monthly housing costs, including rent and tenant paid utilities. This housing assistance can come in the form of Section 8 Housing Choice Vouchers, project-based Section 8 contracts, public housing, USDA Rental Assistance (in Section 515 properties) as well as HUD Section 202 and 811 properties for elderly and disabled households.

Income Qualifications for New Albany HUD Rental Assistance in New Albany

Income

1 Person

2 Person

3 Person

4 Person

5 Person

6 Person

7 Person

8 Person

30% of Median

$12,950

$16,910

$21,330

$25,750

$30,170

$34,590

$38,150

$40,600

50% of Median

$21,550

$24,600

$27,700

$30,750

$33,250

$35,700

$38,150

$40,600

80% of Median

$34,450

$39,400

$44,300

$49,200

$53,150

$57,100

$61,050

$64,950

If your income is less than 60% of the Area Median Income (AMI), you should not expect to pay more than the rent value for a unit in the table below. However, Affordable apartment communities that receive funding through the Low Income Housing Tax Credit program may have rental units that are not subject to income and rent limits.

Rent limits for the LIHTC Program are determined so that a household making the maximum income for the expected household size of the unit would only pay 30% of their income for rent.

Income Qualifications for Low Income Housing Tax Credit Apartments in New Albany

Income

1 Person

2 Person

3 Person

4 Person

5 Person

6 Person

7 Person

8 Person

50% of Median

$21,550

$24,600

$27,700

$30,750

$33,250

$35,700

$38,150

$40,600

60% of Median

$25,860

$29,520

$33,240

$36,900

$39,900

$42,840

$45,780

$48,720

For example, the expected household size for a two bedroom apartment is 3 people. Using the table above, the maximum income for a 3 person household at 60% of the AMI in New Albany is $33,240 a year, or $2,770 a month. To determine the maximum rent in the table below we multiply the monthly maximum income, $2,770 by 30% to get a maximum rent of $831 a month.

Rent for units in the LIHTC Program include a utility allowance which is determined by the average monthly cost of utilities paid directly by residents. This allowance has not been subtracted from the rents in the table below. These utility allowances are set on a property by property basis.

% of AMI

Studio

1 Bed

2 Bed

3 Bed

4 Bed

5 Bed

50%

$539

$577

$693

$800

$893

$984

60%

$647

$692

$831

$960

$1,071

$1,181

Fair Market Rents in New Albany

Fair Market Rents, often abbreviated as FMR, can be used to better understand the average housing costs of an area. Notably, Fair Market Rents are used to establish the payment standards for the Housing Choice Voucher Program, maximum rents in HOME financed rental projects and initial rents for Section 8 project based assistance.

2019 Fair Market Rents

Studio

One BR

Two BR

Three BR

Four BR

$490

$510

$672

$932

$1,107

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